Seagate SmartAlign and ZFS raidz1

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arapaima

I got 3 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB (ST2000DM001) which I'm planning to use in a ZFS raidz1 setup.
How is SmartAlign technology going to affect me? Bad idea?
What's your thoughts/experiences with these disks in raidz1 setup?

Seagate® SmartAlign technology is hard drive firmware that manages read-
modify-write conditions resulting from partition misalignment conditions which
are associated with the use of 4K sector drives, known as Advanced Format.
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source: http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/whitepaper/mb_smartalign_technology_faq.pdf
 
SmartAlign is supposed to automatically align writes. I've never seen a description of what it actually does, though. Best would be to ignore it and follow the standard procedures for aligning partitions and getting ZFS to use 4K blocks.
 
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